Weekly bourbon industry news: new releases, acquisitions, market trends, and cultural moments.
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Barton 1792 debuts its first rye and a 15-year cask-strength XV, Sazerac sweeps the International Whisky Competition, and Congress targets Canada's liquor bans.
George Washington's Mount Vernon released its first-ever bourbon for July 4, Buffalo Trace revived five Prohibition-era brands, and Four Roses broke its own rules for America's 250th.
Knob Creek and Lost Lantern dress up for America's 250th, Bulleit bottles its oldest rye ever, Four Roses goes Mizunara, and the bourbon glut deepens.
Uncle Nearest's receiver lined up a buyer, Lost Lantern blended bourbon from all 50 states, and thieves drove off with $500K of Noble Oak in Philadelphia.
National Bourbon Day drove a wave of premium drops: Old Forester President's Choice, an Elijah Craig 21-year single barrel, and Booker's Milkshake Batch.
Four Roses unveils its oldest bourbon ever under new Gallo ownership, Sazerac enters Tennessee whiskey with A.J. Bond, and a $500K Philadelphia heist.
Bardstown co-ages bourbon with Japanese single malt, a court ratifies Uncle Nearest hid a $20M Jay-Z loan, and New Riff drops its first 10-year duo.
Wild Turkey revives the cult Cheesy Gold Foil at 16 years, Buffalo Trace brings back E.H. Taylor Four Grain and Cured Oak, and Heaven Hill commits to wheat.
Brown-Forman rejects Sazerac's $15B offer, Maker's Mark Cask Strength is named Straight Bourbon of the Year, and Angel's Envy doubles up at cask strength.
MGP shuts distilling at two Kentucky sites. Beam ships its most transparent blend ever. Buffalo Trace's John G. Carlisle Cafe opens a year after the flood. Jack Daniel's puts a $600 bottle in a McLaren helmet.
Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard end merger talks. Stitzel-Weller drops a 163-proof 31-year-old. New Riff named World's Best Bourbon. Tariffs cut both ways.
Mecklenburg ABC's secondary-market sting nets 28 summonses. Lux Row drops Blood Oath 12 with Italian wine cask finish. Sazerac's $15B Brown-Forman bid heats up.
Angel's Envy debuts first age-stated rye at cask strength, Virginia ABC's Weller lottery crashes site, plus Ohio's 1792 single barrel drops and Buffalo Trace's 28th Experimental Collection release.
Sazerac approaches Brown-Forman, MGP idles Lux Row and Limestone Branch, Buffalo Trace revives Single Oak, and a $40 craft bourbon takes World's Best.
Jim Beam's Clermont shutdown drags on, US whiskey exports to the EU drop 35%, Knob Creek launches a new series, and a Costco hot dog bourbon hits four figures on the secondary market.
Four Roses returns to American ownership for $775M, Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard explore a merger of equals, and Angel's Envy drops its first age-stated rye.
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